a strong, coarse unbleached cloth made from hemp, flax, or a similar yarn, used to make items such as sails and tents and as a surface for oil painting:the painting is oil on canvas [as modifier]:a canvas bag
[count noun] a piece of canvas prepared for use as the surface for an oil painting:they found a canvas and he seated his modelhe is used to painting large canvases
[count noun] an oil painting:Turner’s late canvases
a variety of canvas with an open weave, used as a basis for tapestry and embroidery:she sent her needle stabbing in and out of the canvas
(the canvas) the canvas-covered floor of a boxing or wrestling ring:a thunderous uppercut sent him crashing to the canvas
[count noun] either of a racing boat’s tapering ends, originally covered with canvas.
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cover with canvas:the door had been canvassed over
by a canvas
(in boat racing) by a very small margin.
under canvas
1in a tent or tents:the family will be living under canvas
2with sails spread:fishermen whose boats still travel under canvas
